Dinner-pail.



JAMES SI-IEWAN, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

DINNER-PAIL.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 16, 1914.

Application filed July 2, 1912. Serial No. 707,278.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES SI-IEWAN, a subjectof the King of Great Britain, residing at Niagara Falls, in the countyof Niagara and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Dinner-Pails, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to dinner buckets.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a dinner bucketcomprising a plurality of super-imposed compartments, each adapted toreceive separate arti cles of food, and each removable one from theother, means being provided for sustaining the said sections one abovethe other, the sections being telescoped one with the other, and thesaid retaining means being also adapted to retain the sections orcompartments when t'elescoped within each other, and which thus providesa comparatively small package which may be easily carried by the user.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a heatingapparatus arranged within the lower compartment, and whereby the foodwithin any of the said compartments may be heated when desired.

With the above recited objects in view, the invention resides in thenovel construction, combination and operative arrangement of parts setforth in the following description and falling within the scope of theappended claim.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an end elevation of a dinner bucketconstructed in accordance with the present invention, the sectionscomprising the bucket being raised one above the other as when food isarranged within the compartments. Fig. 2 is a similar view, butillustrating the sections telescoped within each other when the food hasbeen removed from the compartments. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view upon the line 33 of Fig. 1.

The dinner bucket A is made up of a plurality of sections, the lowersection 1 providing a heating chamber, This section has its walls formedwith openings 2 for the circulation of air, and whereby a freecombustion may be obtained when the heater 3, which is arranged therein,is lighted. The section 1 is provided upon its opposite ends with springmembers A, the latter comprising flattened elements which have theirlower ends secured to the said section 1, as

at 5, while the portions of the springs projecting above the saidcompartment are provided with spaced openings which are designated bythe numerals 6 and 7 respectively. The section 1 is furthermore providedwith a horizontally disposed bead 1 arranged around its upper edge, thesaid bead acting as a means for keeping the projecting portion of thefiat springs 4 in an outwardly inclined position so as to permit thefree end of the said spring portion to be easily grasped when it isdesired to telescopically place the upper section within the lower one.Arranged within the section 1 is a food compartment 8, the same havingits sides pro vided with clips 9 which are adapted to receive the freeends of the bail or handle 10 for the bucket. The sides of thecompartment 8 are further provided with studs, the said studs adapted toengage within the openings 6 of the springs 41 when the compartment isin the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and thesaid studs being adapted to engage within the opening 7 when thecompartment 8 is telescoped within the section 1, as illustrated in Fig.2 of the drawing. The closed bottom of the compartment 8 is formed witha depressed portion 12, the latter being of a sufficient size to receivethe heater 3 when the compartment 8 is in its lowered position withinthe section 1. The upper and open end of the compartment 8 is providedwith a continuous head, which is designated by the numeral 13, and thesaid bead is adapted to serve as a stop and a support for a foodcompartment 14;, the said compartment being approximately centrallybeaded or flanged as at 15 and the said flange is adapted to contactwith the bead 13. The compartment 14 is provided with a closed bottomand open top and normally closing the said open top is the uppermostcompartment 16. This compartment 16 is provided with a flange 17 whichcontacts with the.

upper beaded edge of the compartment 14, and the compartment 16 isnormally closed through the medium of a suitable cover 18. The lowersection 1 is preferably provided with flanges 19 which form a pocket forthe heater, and the said heater is also preferably provided with aclosure 20.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is A dinner pailcomprising a lower section having a flange extending from its upperedge, a second section slightly smaller than said lower section so as tobe capable of telescoping into the same, outstanding studs on oppositeWalls of said second section, and springs secured to opposite Walls ofsaid lower section at points beneath said flange and bearing againstsaid flange to retain them out of contact with corresponding Walls ofthe second section, each of said springs having tWo openings arrangedone above the other adapted to have said studs entered into either theupper or lower openings of said springs to retain the upper section inraised position or in telescoped position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES SHEVVAN.

WVitnesses CLARENCE W. KIRKPATRICK, ARTHUR TILLIAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

